Welcome to Slate Sundays, CryptoSlate’s new weekly feature showcasing in-depth interviews, expert analysis, and thought-provoking op-eds that go beyond the headlines to explore the ideas and voices shaping the future of crypto.

Stephan Lutz is the CEO of BitMEX, the industry’s longest-standing crypto futures exchange, dating all the way back to when BTC was still in diapers.

From his swanky Singapore office, a busy skyline of skyscrapers behind him, he smiles confidently through the camera, rolling his eyes only slightly as I ask about his background. “I’ve told it so many times already,” he groans.

I jokingly suggest we switch to the AI version of him for a moment, or that we cover the topic very briefly, but Stephan isn’t a…